Nutrient dynamics and successional changes in a lentic freshwater biofilm

Freshwater Biology

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 1893-1907

  Sekar, R ^a,c   Nair, K V K ^b   Rao, V N R ^a   Venugopalan, V P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b Water and Steam Chemistry Laboratory   (India)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR MARINE MICROBIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Freshwater; Microalgae; Nutrients; Succession

Indexed keywords

BIOFILM; COLONIZATION; COMMUNITY COMPOSITION; LENTIC ENVIRONMENT; NUTRIENT DYNAMICS; SUCCESSION;

ALGAE; BACILLARIOPHYCEAE; BACILLARIOPHYTA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHLOROPHYCEAE; CYANOBACTERIA; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0036793590     PISSN: 00465070     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2427.2002.00936.x     Document Type: Article

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